Foreign direct investments amounted to a negative net value of 454 million euros in the first four months, compared to 2.161 billion euros in the similar period of 2019, according to data from the National Bank of Romania.

“The direct investments of non-residents in Romania amounted to a negative net value of 454 million euros (compared to a positive net value of 2.161 billion euros in January-April 2019), of which equity investments (including estimated net reinvested profit) amounted to 33 million euros, and the intragroup loans registered the negative net value of 487 million euros,” shows the NBR release, according to Agerpres.

The number of newly established foreign capital companies decreased in the first four months of this year by 34.46%, compared to the similar period in 2019, to 1,288 units, according to data centralized by the National Office of the Trade Register (ONRC).

The 1,288 new companies had a subscribed share capital in the total amount of 2.145 million dollars, decreasing by 56% compared to January-April 2019.

As of April 30, 2020, the largest number of companies with foreign participation was with investors from Italy, respectively 49,095 ($3.842 billion in subscribed capital), but the largest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, respectively 12.74 billion dollars, in 5,453 companies.